MIDLAND, MI — Two of the 30 facilities at Dow Chemical's Michigan operations are closing, but it's still unclear how many jobs will be impacted by the company's cost

An aerial shot of The Dow Chemical Co. in Midland

cutting efforts.

Rebecca Bentley, director of financial communications for Dow, said the closing of the Automotive Systems Diesel Particulate Filters manufacturing facilities in Midland is a result of the slow adoption of the technology made there.

Bentley said a product known as Aerify is made at the facility. The diesel particulate filters are designed to reduce fuel consumption and lower carbon dioxide emissions across all diesel engine configurations.

"We believe in the technology, unfortunately, the market is just not adopting the technology," Bentley said.

Bentley said Dow is not releasing specifics as to how many of the 2,400 job cuts will be at the Automotive Systems facility or at Dow's Midland operations. But about half the job cuts are expected in North America, where Dow has 25,000 employees. About 6,000 Dow employees work in Michigan.